In the 10th century, a church dedicated to the Assumption of Mary already existed in Ponso, in addition to the one of St. Michael the Archangel and that of St. Mary of the Meadows in the countryside, far from the inhabited center.
After the pastoral visit of Bishop Ormaneto in 1571, it was decided to abandon the original church and build a new one less than two kilometers away.
By 1587, the new church was already completed for the visit of Bishop Cornaro in 1587.A reconstruction is also documented in 1683 when Bishop Gregorio Barbarigo arrived in the village.
The population of the village increased, and the small church could no longer accommodate the congregation, so in 1871, expansion work began, which involved extending the nave by 10 meters, replacing the floor, and creating four new side chapels.
In April 1945, a bombing destroyed some private residences but also the church and its bell tower. It would be necessary to wait until the following year to begin reconstruction of the church, which reopened for worship three years later. The bell tower, on the other hand, had to wait until 1957.
The facade of the church, where the entrance portal and the rose window open in a full arch, is “a capanna” with a base made of trachyte; the exterior walls are clad with exposed bricks; two large side niches house two windows.
The apse encloses the presbytery at the end of a nave about 38 meters long and 15 meters wide, on which the side altars located in the chapels added in the late 1800s overlook.
Angelo Da Campo is the author of the main work, the oil painting from 1772 depicting the Blessed Virgin Assumed.
